LOVE & LIGHT

We are happy to invite you to take part in Summer Contact Improvisation School

It is a good opportunity to feel the real taste of Contact Improvisation with the flavour of authentic Ukrainian culture

Contact Improvisation

2 intensives7 JamsDancing DateOne to one

Supportive Practice

Axis SyllabusTea PracticeIdeokinesisBodywork

Cozy and Comfort

Great StudioCozy Twin RoomsUkrainian FoodFree Sauna every day

Authentic

Ukrainian Song LaboratoryAuthentic Ukrainian MusicBeautiful nature.

Who?

Leilani Weis

Love Intensive

The Breathing Body

First we enter the joy of responding to the stimulus of physical details. Then we build confidence that our safety skills are in place. From this base we explore the capacity to move in multiple directions in each moment.

We attempt to know where we are in space as we learn from our present experience, keeping the inner witness awake.

In the nice days of summer, in this wonderful location, we ask our body how, and then let the body answer. All this as we prepare to dance Contact Improvisation.

Come join us as we revisit the fundamentals of the form.

Lior Ophir

Light Intensive

Wu-Wei: Doing in non-doing

Wu-Wei is an important concept in Taoism that literally means non-action or non-doing. The "Tao te Ching" explains that beings which are wholly in harmony with the Tao behave in a completely natural, uncontrived way.

In this workshop we will explore ways to reach this effortless and spontaneous movement, alone and together.

We will start by finding the liquid quality of our body allowing relaxed and soft movement alone and together, listening and becoming one with ourselves and our partners.We will connect this to working with the connective tissue (Fascia) and using the elasticity and resilience of our body also into a physical and acrobatic dance, with minimum effort.

Through fine tuning of our body/mind, slow and deep work, and detailed exercises, we will take all that into contact improvisation – playing, dancing, jamming, flying.

Built in 2016 in a beautiful Ukrainian mountain village, this place is specially designed for yoga, mindfulness and art events

How to get there?

Flight to LvivIt's the best way. We will arrange a bus for a group on Monday morningFlight to KievThan, trains 749, 207, 239, 235, 081, 017 to SlavskoContact us, and we will help you with a route+38 050 287 86 10somaticfest@gmail.com

Built in 2016 in a beautiful Ukrainian mountain village, this place is specially designed for yoga, mindfulness and art events

Questions

For sure, you have some :)

Food?

Vegetarian version of authentic Ukrainian food.We have 3 meals a day, food is completely made from local products, lot's of fresh fruits and vegetables, natural herbal teas, mountain water and Ukrainian hands

Why this festival special?

Firstof all - high level of teaching. We have 2 strong intensives as well as good set of supportive practices to create a space for deep immersion into CI.And it's really Ukrainian - music, songs, food, place and of course, dance - we would love to share the essence of the best things we have here

How to get to place?

Easy. Take your flight to Lviv, arrive August 5, and next day we all go to Slavsko with a bus that we arrange.Also an option is to take flight to Kyiv, and take a train directly to SlavskoAnd of course, you can come by your car

What about dance level?

This festival is beginner-friendly. Lior and Leilani both have huge experience in dancing and teaching to be able to give us the real taste of Love and Light in Contact Improvisation